Improvement in provision and milk-safes



B.; H. MARTIN.

`|rnprovefnevnt in Provision zindMiH Safes.'

Paremd sep, 19, mi,

NiINITEn STATES PATENT OEICE.

BENJAMIN H. MARTIN, or ANN ARRoR, MICHIGAN, AssIGNoR To HIMsELE ANDoLIvER M. MARTnv, oF sAME PLAGE.

v IMPROVEMENT IN PROVISION AND MILK-SAFES. l

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,165, datedSeptember 19, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN H. MARTIN, of Ann Arbor, in the county ofWashtenaw and State of Michigan, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Milk and Provision-Safes 5 and I do declare that thefollowing is a true and accurate description thereof, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference markedthereon, and beinga part of this specification, in whichand it consistsin the peculiar construction and method of attaching the said bars tothe rotary standard, in providing the door-jamb with a swinging orfolding `table or shelf, and in the general arrangement of the variousparts, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawing, A represents the walls and Al the door of my safe, beingsimple wooden frames covered with wire-cloth in the usual manner. B isthe bottom and G the top of the safe. D is a standard stepped in thecenter of the oor, with `its upper end journaled in the top of the safe.

E is an annular trough surrounding the lower part of the standard tocontain molasses or other material which will entrap and destroy suchinsects as may enter the safe and climb the standard in attempting toreach the milk-racks. E is a similar trough similarly arranged at ornear f the top of the standard. F are the rack-bars, preferably of lightiron, and employed in pairs,

one at each opposite face of the standard, which should be square incross-section, with horizontal gains a cut in it to receive the center bof the bar, which is bent orl curved inward, as shown in Fig. 2, so thatthe two bars of each rack will be spread apart to give the pans G abroader base to rest upon and render them less liable to overturn insuddenly arresting the rotationv of the standard. Above each gain in thestandard a latch-plate, d, is secured thereto by a woodscrew, c, so thatwhen the rack-bar is placed in the gain the plate may be brought overand secured'by turning the screw home. For convenience in storing otherarticles one or more circular shelves H may be attached to the standardabove thc milk-racks, as shown. A convenient attachment to the safe isfound in a shelf or ta- Able, I, suspended by a rod, J, from the jamb ofthe door-frame, to which it is hinged, at e, in such a manner that whennot in use the table may be swung up over the top of the safe. Thecream-jar may be set on this table and the cream skimmed directly intoit from the pans. It is equally convenient for many other purposes.

Wooden rack-bars sawed or bent to the required form may be employed inlieu of the iron ones described, there being but little if anydifference in the cost. *A*

The construction of the safe and rack is such that every part may beeasily removed for cleansing, so necessary in practice. For retailbutchers it is a most convenient device for protecting meats from iiies.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to -V Witnesses H. F. EBERTs,MrRoN H. CHURCH.

